The BBC understands that Twitter judged this to be a violation of its rules against abusive behaviour.

Mr Jones has previously been widely criticised for repeating claims that the 9/11 attacks in New York were staged by the US government.

He has also claimed that many of children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre were actors. The parents of two children shot in that attack are suing him for defamation, saying he had made “false, cruel, and dangerous assertions”.

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Twitter sent this message to Mr Jones complaining of abusive behaviour

Apple’s iTunes, Facebook and YouTube removed podcasts and other content by Mr Jones and InfoWars from their services last week.

Other tech firms have since taken similar action, including the video site Vimeo, the social networks LinkedIn and Pinterest, and the audio-streaming services Spotify, Stitcher and TuneIn.

Techcrunch has reported that, according to the terms of the suspension, Mr Jones will still be able to use his account to view and search for other people’s content, but he will not be able to tweet, like, comment or retweet material.

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